Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 2,621 m in Wyoming. Flagstone Peak stands 4,079 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Butte, a peak 1.4 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013308, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,621 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Butte: 1.4 mi
- New Fork Lookout Point: 4.7 mi
- Dodge Butte: 5.7 mi
- Little Flattop Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Kendall Mountain: 7.2 mi
- White Point: 5.6 mi
- East Rim: 9.1 mi
- Greeley Point: 13.1 mi
- Granite Peak: 14.6 mi
- White Rock: 14.7 mi
- Split Diamond Park: 19.2 mi
- Trails Creek Park: 19.5 mi
- Tom Orcutt Memorial Park: 19.6 mi
- American Legion Park: 20.0 mi
- Wrangler Park: 20.3 mi
- Water slide: 18.7 mi
- Ouzel Falls: 21.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 23.1 mi
- Museum of the Mountain Man: 20.3 mi
- Sommers Homestead Living History Museum: 24.6 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 6.2 mi
- Bronx: 10.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Black Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagstone Peak | ENE 72° | 4,079 m | 18.8 mi |
| American Legion Peak | E 87° | 4,002 m | 18.5 mi |
| Desolation Peak | ENE 75° | 4,000 m | 18.4 mi |
| Split Mountain | E 83° | 3,989 m | 18.2 mi |
| Henderson Peak | E 89° | 3,977 m | 18.7 mi |
| Klondike Peak | ENE 67° | 3,977 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bow Mountain | E 87° | 3,957 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Whitecap | E 81° | 3,952 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:21 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:02 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 38 | 24 | 15 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cora, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1585578 — Black Butte, Sublette County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356499429
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